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Scream 7 has been out for over 4 months, and I've noted down some changes that need to be made to the pages and verse as a whole:
Notable Changes
All the character pages should be downgrade to just Street level. Glass breaking feats as we know are under scrutiny and aren't very reliable which removes "+" ratings from some of the pages and as well as the calculations themselves. The 9-B scaling for Scream is also very inconsistent across the movies. There are numerous outliers and anti-feats, with Ghostface at times struggling to accomplish relatively basic physical tasks, such as breaking through a standard locked door. An example, in Scream (2022), both Amber and Sidney fall from what appears to be barely 14 feet and are left incapacitated for a noticeable period of time. The same thing occurs in Scream VI, where Wayne (and presumably Sam, although it happens off-screen) is also temporarily incapacitated after a comparable fall. In the same movie, Ethan requires multiple strikes just to force open an apartment door, and likewise in Scream 4, Charlie needs several kicks merely to crack the base of a door and roughly nine kicks before finally breaking it open. I'd suggest a 9-C scaling from these feats where Roman breaks a chair over Kincaid's head, and Tatum breaks a chair over Marco's which is 1919.15 Joules minimum. At least until there's a calculation that puts them higher.
The 9-A calculation should be removed from Roman's profile, since the actual feat used to give him the rating isn't a standard ability he has and was accomplished through igniting a gas leak in a stove.
The speed tiers, mainly the ones regarding reactions and combat, should also be downgraded. Currently it's Superhuman due to Roman dodging a bullet, but I find that to be very dubious, as we can see that the impact of the bullet was nowhere near Roman. Instead, it hit the lamp in the far back behind him where he wasn't even in the bullet's trajectory. It seems very clear that Sidney just missed the shot and Roman ducked down to avoid being hit. I'd go with keeping Roman's Peak Human travel speed and just removing Superhuman from all the profiles.
Also remove the "Resistance to Pain" for the killers since it seems they're more driven by adrenaline than by an exceptional capacity to endure pain.
Additions
Martial Arts should be added to Sidney's profile. Although not 100% confirmed, in Scream 4, Sidney seems to have, at a minimum, learned some self-defense skills in the way she fends off Charlie in Olivia's house. Even in the two movies prior she's shown some notable fighting skills. Killers like Roman, Mickey, and Amber should have some addition of basic fighting skills to their abilities as well since of the many other killers, they seem to be the best fighters and have some limited fighting skills in scenes such as these.
Billy, Nancy, Jill, Piper, Amber/Richie, Wayne, and Jessica/Marco should all have Preparation, since all of their plans require extensive preparation.
Roman should probably have Analytic Prediction in his abilities just based off his foresight and ability to predict pretty much the actions of every major character in the movie.
Sidney's lifting strength should be bumped up to Athletic Human due to her matching killers like Roman, Charlie, Jessica, and Amber in physical strength.
Characters like Amber and Piper should have Social Influencing just based off their Intelligence section.
Okay, that's pretty much it!
Notable Changes
All the character pages should be downgrade to just Street level. Glass breaking feats as we know are under scrutiny and aren't very reliable which removes "+" ratings from some of the pages and as well as the calculations themselves. The 9-B scaling for Scream is also very inconsistent across the movies. There are numerous outliers and anti-feats, with Ghostface at times struggling to accomplish relatively basic physical tasks, such as breaking through a standard locked door. An example, in Scream (2022), both Amber and Sidney fall from what appears to be barely 14 feet and are left incapacitated for a noticeable period of time. The same thing occurs in Scream VI, where Wayne (and presumably Sam, although it happens off-screen) is also temporarily incapacitated after a comparable fall. In the same movie, Ethan requires multiple strikes just to force open an apartment door, and likewise in Scream 4, Charlie needs several kicks merely to crack the base of a door and roughly nine kicks before finally breaking it open. I'd suggest a 9-C scaling from these feats where Roman breaks a chair over Kincaid's head, and Tatum breaks a chair over Marco's which is 1919.15 Joules minimum. At least until there's a calculation that puts them higher.
The 9-A calculation should be removed from Roman's profile, since the actual feat used to give him the rating isn't a standard ability he has and was accomplished through igniting a gas leak in a stove.
The speed tiers, mainly the ones regarding reactions and combat, should also be downgraded. Currently it's Superhuman due to Roman dodging a bullet, but I find that to be very dubious, as we can see that the impact of the bullet was nowhere near Roman. Instead, it hit the lamp in the far back behind him where he wasn't even in the bullet's trajectory. It seems very clear that Sidney just missed the shot and Roman ducked down to avoid being hit. I'd go with keeping Roman's Peak Human travel speed and just removing Superhuman from all the profiles.
Also remove the "Resistance to Pain" for the killers since it seems they're more driven by adrenaline than by an exceptional capacity to endure pain.
Additions
Martial Arts should be added to Sidney's profile. Although not 100% confirmed, in Scream 4, Sidney seems to have, at a minimum, learned some self-defense skills in the way she fends off Charlie in Olivia's house. Even in the two movies prior she's shown some notable fighting skills. Killers like Roman, Mickey, and Amber should have some addition of basic fighting skills to their abilities as well since of the many other killers, they seem to be the best fighters and have some limited fighting skills in scenes such as these.
Billy, Nancy, Jill, Piper, Amber/Richie, Wayne, and Jessica/Marco should all have Preparation, since all of their plans require extensive preparation.
Roman should probably have Analytic Prediction in his abilities just based off his foresight and ability to predict pretty much the actions of every major character in the movie.
Sidney's lifting strength should be bumped up to Athletic Human due to her matching killers like Roman, Charlie, Jessica, and Amber in physical strength.
Characters like Amber and Piper should have Social Influencing just based off their Intelligence section.
Okay, that's pretty much it!
